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Bloody discharge and I'm 25 weeks pregnant!
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Bloody discharge and I'm 25 weeks pregnant!
by vsk, Aug 05, 2003 12:00AM
I am 25 weeks pregnant and I'v seen through squeezing my nipple only, a bloody discharge in the left breast. I informed my doctor and I'm seeing a surgeon for it. What could be causing it? I had a mammogram back in Dec.02, and everything was fine. I was told I have some fatty tissues, and no lumps are detected.
Thanks,
vsk
Thanks,
vsk
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-RN,MSN-rf, Aug 05, 2003 12:00AM
Member Comments (2)
by surgeon, Aug 05, 2003 12:00AM
bloody discharge is not rare in pregnancy: the glandular enlargement sometimes causes it. Typically it's from both sides. In your case, if it's only one breast, and only coming from one duct opening, it might be necessary to consider some sort of biopsy -- by far the most common causes of bloody discharge, under any circumstances, are NOT cancer. But it's on the list of possibilities. It might also be advisable to stop all squeezing, for two reasons. One, the kind of discharge that's of most concern is that which occurs on its own without squeezing; and two, it will help the surgeon to evaluate if you haven't squeezed anything out before seeing him/her.
by nidhu, Jan 06, 2009 07:51AM
A related discussion, bloody discharge from both nipple! was started.
by biochemi, Aug 18, 2009 02:31AM
A related discussion, bloody discharge from one nipple was started.
